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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, escorts Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea Kim Kwan-jin to a follow-on meeting in the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 12, 2011. Panetta and Kim met earlier with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior Department of Defense leaders in the Joint Chiefs conference room commonly known as The Tank.

Secretary Panetta escorts Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, escorts Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea Kim Kwan-jin to a follow-on meeting in the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 12, 2011. Panetta and Kim met earlier with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior Department of Defense leaders in the Joint Chiefs conference room commonly known as The Tank.

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